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5 High Caliber Venture Funds
Box Group, Cyber Fund, Singular, Playground Global, and Motivate Venture Capital
Millet Gilmore
December 18, 2023
Where’s that money? 💸
Box Group
Global | Pre-seed to Series A | Industry Agnostic
News broke this week that Box Group has raised $425 million in capital commitments across two new funds: BoxGroup Six, a pre-seed and seed-stage fund, and BoxGroup Picks, its third opportunity fund. While agnostic, the firm invests in five key areas: consumer enterprise, healthcare, financial, biotech and climate.
The firm has invested early in some incredible startups like Airtable, Plaid, and many others. They are often the first money into these companies and have a strong track record of investing in first-time founders.
Managing Partner, David Tisch, says they will invest in 40 to 50 new startups, writing check sizes between $500,000 and $1 million.
Cyber Fund 2015 Report
Global | Early Stage | Blockchain
Cyber Fund has launched a new $100M investment vehicle to invest in companies at the intersection of blockchain and AI. The team has a long history of success, comprised of engineers who actively contribute to projects such as P2P.org and Lido DAO.
The firm was one of the first backers of Ethereum in 2014 and is being led by co-founders and managing partners Konstantin Lomashuk and Vasiliy Shapovalov.
Raffi Kamber and Jérémy Uzan
Europe | Series A | Industry Agnostic
Singular, the Paris-based VC firm, has successfully raised its second fund, rounding out at €400M. Co-founders Raffi Kamber and Jérémy Uzan said they are seeking to build a tier 1 European VC firm, rivaling that of Index Ventures and Accel.
This second fund is a great start. It is nearly double the size of their first, and every LP is returning as a participant.
Bruce Leak, Peter Barrett and Jory Bell
Global | Seed and Series A | Deeptech
Playground Global has brought in $410M for its third fund. They are looking to lead rounds into seed and series A companies with $1M-$20M checks, specifically looking at sectors in next-gen compute, AI/automation, infrastructure, engineered biology, and decarbonization.
The firm is led by founder and General Partner, Peter Barrett, who is known as the man who gave Elon Musk his first job.
Motivate VC Team
North America | Pre-seed and Seed | B2B Software
This week, Motivate unveiled its sophomore fund, coming in at $81M. The firm likes to get in early, investing at the pre-seed and seed stages of a company’s lifecycle. The Chicago-based firm will continue to invest in B2B software companies specifically looking at AL/ML, manufacturing and supply chain SaaS, B2b marketplaces, and insurance technologies.
The fund is led by founder and managing partner David Wieland.
Who’s Hiring? 😎
Psst…firms expanding their investment team are often raising a new fund behind the scenes. 💰
Seed to Series B, sector and industry agnostic firm with >$1B AUM
Associate/Sr. Associate | Palo Alto, CA | Application
Pre-seed Retail Tech, Consumer Health, Consumer Goods
Partner | New York, NY | Application
Software and hardware companies within the climate and energy spaces
Investor | New York, NY | Application
2024 Summer Internship, firm led by Steven Cohen
Internship | New York, NY | Application
Firms that just raised capital
December 11th- Zelda Ventures, Intuitive Ventures, HUGO BOSS…
November 29th- NXTP, Twelve Below, Calm Ventures…
November 14th- IBM Ventures, 20Growth, Faction Ventures…
November 6th- Village Global, Bioluminescence Ventures, Bee Partners…
October 30th- Flourish Ventures, Wellington Access Ventures…
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